Better late than never
I know that this post is a little old, but thought I'd tell you about our experience that went quite well.
We live in the sticks and shipping has always been somewhat of a hassle which we've dealt with without a problem. We used to ship UPS through the nearest UPS Customer Counter. Before starting shipping I went there and spoke to the lady at the counter. I told her what we would be shipping that we ship in insulated boxes that are lined, packed with peanuts, heat/cold packs as required, etc etc. I would drive just over an hour to get there and ship right before the truck left for the airport. I'd get at the counter at 5:30, they shut their doors at 6, the truck would leave shortly thereafter.
This went on for some time and at some point we went to ship and they had some big wigs there. They made it a point to inspect everything and our package was refused. Not only that but we were flagged and now everything that comes from us is inspected.
We decided to get FedEx verified and use them instead.
We started with the customer rep thing, registering our business name, address, contact info, then moved on to the packaging inspection thing, etc etc. In the meantime I went to the closest "town" to us and went to the mailing business there. Pak Mail / Mail Boxes Etc / Pak N' Mail type....
I told them what I was wanting to ship and receive, cleared it with them...showed them how we package things up, what we were going to ship (even brought in a juvie ball for them to see).
When the papers came back from the packaging ppl, I called my rep, gave her the name and number of the place I would be dropping packages off at so she could call to ensure that they were ok with it, etc etc etc...
So now we are verified and shipping through FedEx with no problems.
Good luck to anyone else who might be trying to do the same, and I hope things go better for the both of you.
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